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[awr-deyn] / ɔrˈdeɪn /


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Mormons “believe that people have the potential of becoming like God,” says Lorie Stromberg, a Mormon feminist and member of a group called Ordain Women, which advocates for gender equality in the church.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2020

The groom’s mother is a founder and a member of the executive board of Ordain Women, an organization that works for the ordination of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2018

Dehlin said the letter he received also cites his support of Kelly's group, Ordain Women, and his criticism of the church's lack of transparency about finances.

From US News • Jan. 15, 2015

Kelly's group, Ordain Women, said the statement was "an improvement in transparency," but denied the group acted against the church, taught false doctrine or committed apostasy.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2014

Ordain, also, for them what will make them rich enough to dispense with aught else except Thee, and rid them of all attachment to such as have repudiated Thy signs.

From Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh




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